Stake-holder for logging-cars.



No. 740,885. v PATENTED 0016,1963

I E. LUDFORDJR.

STAKE HOLDER FOR LOGGING CARS.

APPLIQATION FILED FEB. 16, 1903 N0 MODEL v r Subwa s THE dams i 51" asco. wow-Lumen WASHINGTON. n. c.

No. T-LO,885.

Patented October 6, 1903.

UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

ENOGH LUDFORD, JR, OF EASTLAKE, NORTH CAROLINA.

STAKE-HOLDER FOR LOGGING-CARS.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,885, dated October6, 1903.

Application filed February 16, 1903. Serial No. 143,689. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENOCH LUnnoRD, J r., a citizen of the United States,residing at Eastlake, in the county-of Dare and State of North Carolina,have invented certain new and use ful lmprovements'in Stake-Holders forLogging-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in stake-holders for loggingcarsand trucks; and it consists of certain novel constructions,combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed and specifically claimed.

The object of my invention is the production of a stake-holder whichwill be simple in construction and operation and which will be able tostand the shocks and weight of the logs coming against it during theunloading operation.

The objectionto certain constructions of stake-holders now on the marketis that heavy logs falling against the projecting hook ends of theholders during the act of unloading snap or break off the same andrender the holders useless and necessitate constant repairing, which isnot only expensive, but causes a great deal of inconvenience to loggingoperations, which are usually carried on in the Woods. Another objectionis that the hooks of such constructions are continually jolting looseand dropping the load during transit at unexpected and at undesiredtimes, causing a great deal of annoyance and delay.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of a logging truckor car pro vided with my improved stake-holder. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of one end of a bolster with myinvention applied thereto. Fig. 3 isa top plan View, partly in section, of one end of the holder with myimproved stakeholder applied thereto and shown in a locked condition.Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the outer end of the catch.

One of the drawings represents a truck of ordinary construction uponwhich is mounted the body of the car, which consists oftransversely-arranged bolsters 2 of ordinary construction. On thesebolsters logs 3 are arranged and are held in position against lateralmovementby means of stakes 4, which latter are held in vertical positionby means of. my improved stake-holder, which I will now describe, thestakes 4 being capable of being released to allow the logs to roll offthe car in the manner as will be presently set forth. Secured to eachside face of an end bolster are plates 5 and 6, respectively, as

clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4. These plates are securely fastenedto thebolster in any suitable manner-as, for instance, by bolts passingtransversely through the bolster and fastened by nuts. Secured to theouter face of the plate 5 is an eye 7, to which is pivoted a haspS, saidhasp being provided with an eye or hook 9, by means of which it can beswung around and across the outer end of the plates 5 and 6, whichlatter project beyond the outer end of the-bolster, as clearly shown inthe drawings. By this construction and arrangement, which is very simpleand yet very strong, means of hinging or pivoting a hasp is secured onthe side of the plate with out weakening the construction of the plateto which said hasp is secured and also without the necessity ofprojecting or extending the plate a greater distance beyond the end ofthe bolster than is necessary to receive and hold the stake. Where theplate has to extend a considerable distance beyond the end of thebolster and has to be cut out'on top or formed with an angle or bend,the said plate is very liable to be broken by the heavy logs strikingthe same in rolling on. the car in the act of unloading. The plate 6 isprovided in its front edge with' a recess or concavity, as

10, preferably semicircular in form and into which the outer end 11 ofthe hasp 8 is designed to be inserted, said outer end 11 beingpreferably reduced in size, so as to snugly fit the recess 10 of theplate 6, so as to form a shoulder 12 on said hasp, which latter fallswithin the inner face of the plate 5, so as tomake a neat and snug fit.Within the recess or socket formed by the side plates 5 and 6, the hasp8, and the end of the bolster 2 the stake 4 is inserted, the latterbeing beveled, so as to produce a wedging action and securely hold thestake in position when forced downwardly. To hold the hasp 8 in positionagainst outward movement, I provide a lock 13, which latter consists ofa rod provided at its outer end with an eye or substantially closedhook, as 14, which latter is designed to be passed over the reduced end11 of the hasp 8 and held in position by means of a pin, preferably asplit or cotter pin, as 15, passed through an aperture 16, provided inthe outer end of the hasp 8. The lockingrod 13 is preferably pivoted orhinged at its inner end to the outer face of the side plate 6 in anysuitable manner, but preferably by forming an eye on said plate, towhich the said inner end of the locking-rod 13 is secured by formingsaid rod with a closed or substantially closed eye. By forming theconcavity or recess 10 in the outer edge of the side plate 6 instead ofon top of the same the said side plate is not weakened and heavy logsstriking the same in unloading a car will not break off the end of saidplate.

It will be observed that by hinging or pivoting the hasp and also thelocking-bar on the outer faces of the side plates they will be knockedto one side by the falling logs if they do not automatically drop tosaid positions and will be out of the way and free from further shockand likelihood of destruction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a stake-holder for logging-cars, the combination with a bolster,of two plates secured to the sides thereof and projecting beyond the endthereof, one of said plates being provided with a notch or depression inits outer vertical edge, a hasp hinged to the outer face of the otherplate and provided with a reduced end which engages the notch or recessin the vertical face of the other plate,

cess in the vertical face of the other plate, a

locking-bar pivoted to the outer face of the plate provided with therecess, and provided in its outer end with an eye which fits over thereduced end of the hasp, substantially as described.

3. In a stake-holder for logging-cars, the combination with a bolster,of two plates secured'to the sides thereof and projecting beyond the endthereof, one of said plates being provided with a notch or depression inits outer vertical edge, a hasp hinged to the outer face of the otherplate and provided with a reduced endwhich engages the notch or recessin the vertical face of the other plate, said reduced end being providedwith an apertu re, a locking-bar pivoted to the outer face of the plateprovided with the recess, and provided in its outer end with an eyewhich fits over the reduced end of the hasp, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ENOOH LUDFORD, JR.

Witnesses:

W. W. STARKE, O. T. FOREMAN.

